"Wall Street traded sharply lower on Monday 19 March 2018 with the tech sector facing the steepest selling pressure after Facebook shares plunged 6.8% on reports of data misuse. Also, major industrial stocks were dragged lower on fears of a potential global trade war and expectations of a Fed rate hike later in the week. The Dow Jones lost 336 points or 1.4% to 24611. The S&P 500 plunged 39 points or 1.4% to 2713. The Nasdaq plummeted 138 points or 1.8% to 7344."

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Stock Market

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US Stocks Tumble

3/19/2018 4:30:02 PM

"Wall Street traded sharply lower on Monday with the tech sector facing the steepest selling pressure after Facebook shares plunged on reports of data misuse. Also, major industrial stocks were dragged lower on fears of a potential global trade war and expectations of a Fed rate hike later in the week. The Dow Jones was down 426 points or 1.7%; the S&P 500 lost 48 points or 1.8%; and the Nasdaq traded 186 points or 2.5% lower around 1:20 PM NY time."

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Stock Market

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US Stocks Tumble

3/19/2018 1:51:22 PM

"Wall Street was down at the opening on Monday with the technology shares facing the steepest selling pressure after Facebook shares dropped more than 5% on reports of data misuse. Also, major industrial stocks were dragged lower over a potential global trade war and expectations of Fed funds rate hike later in the week. The Dow Jones declined 152 points or 0.6%, the S&P 500 went down 19 points or 0.7% and the Nasdaq traded 78 points or 1% lower around 12 minutes after the opening bell."

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Stock Market

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US Stocks Edge Higher to Book Weekly Losses

3/16/2018 8:18:55 PM

"Wall Street closed mostly in the green on Friday 16 March 2018 as rising trade war tensions offset the highest consumer sentiment in the US since January of 2004. On Friday, The Dow Jones gained 73 points or 0.3% to 24947. The S&P 500 edged up 5 points or 0.2% to 2752. In contrast, the Nasdaq stayed practically unchanged. During the week, the three major indices booked weekly losses, with the Dow Jones declining 1.5%; the S&P 500 1.2%; and the Nasdaq 1.0%."

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Stock Market

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52455

US Consumer Sentiment Highest in 14 Years

3/16/2018 2:05:08 PM

"The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment for the United States jumped to 102 in March of 2018 from 99.7 in February, beating market expectations of 99.3. It is the highest reading since January of 2004, due to a new all-time record favorable assessment of current economic conditions, preliminary estimates showed."

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Consumer Confidence

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52454

US Job Openings Hit All-Time High in January

3/16/2018 2:03:59 PM

"The number of job openings in the United States increased to an all time high of 6.312 million in January 2018 from a downwardly revised 5.667 million in the previous month and way above market expectations of 5.890 million. There were more open positions in professional and business services (215,000), transportation, warehousing, and utilities (113,000), construction (101,000), and several other industries. The number of job openings increased in the South, Midwest, and West regions."

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Job Offers

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52451

US Industrial Output Rises More than Expected

3/16/2018 1:17:38 PM

"US industrial production increased by 1.1 percent month-over-month in February 2018, following an upwardly revised 0.3 percent drop in January and easily beating market expectations of a 0.3 percent gain. Manufacturing production increased the most since October and mining output rebounded sharply, mostly reflecting strong gains in oil and gas extraction. By contrast, utilities output fell 4.7 percent, as warmer-than-normal temperatures last month reduced the demand for heating."

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Industrial Production Mom

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52448

US Housing Starts Drop in February

3/16/2018 12:35:58 PM

"Housing starts in the US fell 7 percent month-over-month to an annualized rate of 1,236 thousand in February of 2018, following an upwardly revised 10.1 percent jump in January. It compares with market expectations of a 1,290 thousand rate. Construction of multi-family housing units was the lowest in five months while single-family projects rose for the second month."

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Housing Starts

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US Building Permits Fall 5.7% in February

3/16/2018 12:34:38 PM

"Building permits in the United States decreased 5.7 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,298 thousand in February 2018, while markets were expecting a smaller decline to 1,320 thousand. Permits for the construction of multi-family homes dropped 14.8 percent to 385 thousand and single-family authorizations fell 0.6 percent to 872 thousand. Across US regions, permits decreased in the South (-12.4 percent) and the West (-3.4 percent), but rose in the Northeast (12.7 percent) and the Midwest (3.4 percent)."